Bainbridge -A tractor trailer, filled with 120 cows, went out of control and crashed to its side on the bypass on Wednesday night. The crash occurred at about 8:15 p.m. between the Fowlstown and Shotwell Street exits.

The driver, heading west on the Highway 84 bypass, stated he began to pass another truck. As he did, he felt his cargo shift and began to lose control of the truck. He attempted to gain control, but the tractor trailer flipped on its side and skidded down the median. Between the highway and median, the truck skidded over 550 feet.

The trailer contained sections holding a number of cows in each. The back door of the trailer came open, and 10 cows escaped and took off down the highway. Several crashes occurred due to the fleeing cows. Public Safety closed down the bypass until they were sure the cows had exited.

Public Safety, Sheriff's Deputies, GSP, DOT, city employees and a multitude of citizen volunteers worked until after 2 a.m. clearing the cows and the semi from the bypass.

In addition, they searched the surrounding area for them. Public Safety requested GSP's helicopter with night vision to assist in locating them. Several were found down Highway 309 near the old landfill and one down Highway 97 at Riverchase.

A multitude of area citizens responded to assist. Some brought trailers and helped move and transport the cows that remained in the trailer. Others brought horses to help round up the cows that escaped while others came to help however they could.

About 40 cows were killed in the crash. Thirty minutes after the road way was cleared, at about 2:45 a.m., a semi reported striking another wandering cow on the bypass.

Blakely - A living legend in the Bulldog Nation, former Georgia head football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley was the highlight of the 59th annual membership banquet.

Introduced by Olin Thompson, Dooley told his attentive audience stories about some of the Bulldogs' great games, players and UGA, the Bulldogs' mascot.

He shared the memory of being in Japan with one of his former players, Billy Paine, when it was announced Atlanta would host the 1996 Olympics. Paine led the effort to land the Olympics for Atlanta.

Camilla - On January 25, Cheryl Ann McKinney of Camilla died in a wreck at Georgia 3 and Highway 188. Her two passengers have been hospitalized.

The 53-year-old woman's van was side-swiped at the intersection by 17-year-old Jospeh Baker of Coolidge.

Baker reportedly stopped at the stop sign but failed to yield to on coming traffic which had the right-of-way. Authorities say he entered the south lane on Georgia 3, striking the left side of the van. McKinney's van lost control and flipped over.

McKinney was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the van and died at the scene. Her passengers, Richard Wagner and Bert Caldron of Camilla, were listed in good condition at Archbold Hospital following the wreck.

It is unknown if McKinney's life could have been spared if she had been wearing her seat belt.

Authorities say that charges against Baker are still pending.

Blountstown - An Altha woman was arrested January 20 after taking a bogus prescription to a Liberty County pharmacy.

Shelbra A. Finch has been charged with fraudulent use of a prescription, trafficking illegal drugs (Hyrocodone), and possession of a schedule III narcotic.

The Liberty County Sheriff's Office learned Finch had attempted to fill a prescription for Lortab pills from Buy Rite in Bristol. A suspicious pharmacy employee contacted the physician and learned the pills had not been prescribed.

Finch later admitted to stealing the blank prescription, filling it out with her husband's name, signing Dr. Misbah Farooqi's name, and filling it at the pharmacy.

While taking inventory of her property, investigators found four other Lortab prescriptions dated January 20, along with four blank prescriptions.